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ALAVERDI ACCIDENT: TOXIC SMOKE ENGULFS NORTHERN ARMENIAN TOWN
Larisa Paremuzyan
23:44, March 31, 2013
A section of the pipeline carrying exhaust fumes at the Alaverdi
Copper-Molybdenum Plant collapsed today, spewing toxic smoke over
the town in northern Armenia.
Usually, the fumes at the plant owned by the Armenian Copper Programme,
a subsidiary of the Vallex Group, are channeled into the giant
smokestack and from there into the atmosphere above the town.
Hetq had covered the shoddy workmanship of the pipeline in a previous
article.
The Armenian Copper Programme is the same company that is currently
working to open a similar plant in Teghut.
In July 2011, Vallex Group President Valery Mejlumyan told reporters
in Alaverdi that the Teghut Enrichment Plant would start up in two
years, producing 28,000 tons of copper ore annually.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24998/alaverdi-accident-toxic-smoke-engulfs-northern-armenian-town.html
Larisa Paremuzyan
23:44, March 31, 2013
A section of the pipeline carrying exhaust fumes at the Alaverdi
Copper-Molybdenum Plant collapsed today, spewing toxic smoke over
the town in northern Armenia.
Usually, the fumes at the plant owned by the Armenian Copper Programme,
a subsidiary of the Vallex Group, are channeled into the giant
smokestack and from there into the atmosphere above the town.
Hetq had covered the shoddy workmanship of the pipeline in a previous
article.
The Armenian Copper Programme is the same company that is currently
working to open a similar plant in Teghut.
In July 2011, Vallex Group President Valery Mejlumyan told reporters
in Alaverdi that the Teghut Enrichment Plant would start up in two
years, producing 28,000 tons of copper ore annually.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24998/alaverdi-accident-toxic-smoke-engulfs-northern-armenian-town.html